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5 common vegetation used by wildlife - ANSWER 1. Populous tremuloides
-elk scrape their bottom teeth on it and remove the top layer of bark
-eat the bottom layer
2. Juniperinus communis
-berries eaten by small mammals, grouse, birds
(looks like a pine bush)
3. Mahonia repens
-wildlife eat berries (holly)
4. Vaccinium spp.
-wildlife eat berries
(green stem, non-waxy leaves)
5. Arctostaphylos uva-urci
-similar to vaccinium but with waxy leaves and brown stems
What is the mutualism that involves midden? - ANSWER Red Pine Squirrels eat
Lodgepole Pine cones and
create a pile of midden.
Fungi grows in this pile which is
eaten by the Southern Red Backed Vole
, 3 Beetle families that make homes in trees - ANSWER Cerambycidae - round headed
borers
Burpestidae - Flat headed borer (crazy parren, oval hole)
Scolytidae - mountian pine
(dendroctonous ponderosae)
Wildlife Diseases - ANSWER ATV -threatens tiger salamander larvae
Chytrid fungus -threatens toads
Whirling Disease- trout
Chronic Wasting Disease- elk and deer
Pasturella- RMtn Bighorn Sheep
Seasonal Pelage Change - ANSWER Snowshoe hare
White tailed Ptarmgan
Long tailed weasel
What eats what? - ANSWER Osprey - fish
Mountain lion- deer
Canadian Lynx- snowshoe hair
trout- mayfly
5 common vegetation used by wildlife - ANSWER 1. Populous tremuloides
-elk scrape their bottom teeth on it and remove the top layer of bark
-eat the bottom layer
2. Juniperinus communis
-berries eaten by small mammals, grouse, birds
(looks like a pine bush)
3. Mahonia repens
-wildlife eat berries (holly)
4. Vaccinium spp.
-wildlife eat berries
(green stem, non-waxy leaves)
5. Arctostaphylos uva-urci
-similar to vaccinium but with waxy leaves and brown stems
What is the mutualism that involves midden? - ANSWER Red Pine Squirrels eat
Lodgepole Pine cones and
create a pile of midden.
Fungi grows in this pile which is
eaten by the Southern Red Backed Vole
, 3 Beetle families that make homes in trees - ANSWER Cerambycidae - round headed
borers
Burpestidae - Flat headed borer (crazy parren, oval hole)
Scolytidae - mountian pine
(dendroctonous ponderosae)
Wildlife Diseases - ANSWER ATV -threatens tiger salamander larvae
Chytrid fungus -threatens toads
Whirling Disease- trout
Chronic Wasting Disease- elk and deer
Pasturella- RMtn Bighorn Sheep
Seasonal Pelage Change - ANSWER Snowshoe hare
White tailed Ptarmgan
Long tailed weasel
What eats what? - ANSWER Osprey - fish
Mountain lion- deer
Canadian Lynx- snowshoe hair
trout- mayfly
